Quotes

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 411

More often than not, great leaders – those who build organizations with sustained high performance – do so through cultures of partnership.

Thinking, Fast and Slow, Page 411

…the libertarian approach to public policy: do not interfere with the individual’s right to choose, unless the choices harm others.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 412

…companies cannot function without leadership and cannot function well without strong leadership.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 414

…nothing in human endeavor is ever steady-state – only death is. External conditions change, and there are never-ending internal changes that require vigilance and constant adaptation.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 414

The culture of an organization flows directly form the real values and the observable behavior of the company’s leadership.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 414

Organizations have many ‘leaders’ – that is, those in positions of formal authority with others reporting to them… power does not a leader make.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 414

There is no leader without followers and… leadership implies willingness – eagerness, in the best case – of followers to follow.

Management, Page 414

Any company that shows an understanding of success makes the key activities… the central elements in its organization structure.

Influence, Page 414

If co-creation causes at least a temporary merging of identities, then what applies to one partner also applies to the other, distributional logic notwithstanding.

The Enthusiastic Employee, Page 415

…organizations say they seek and want to developer ‘leaders,’… they almost invariably mean the ability to inspire employees.